Excise duties on sugary drinks, chewing tobacco raised

PETALING JAYA: As a measure to prevent health risks, excise duty on sugary drinks has been raised from 40sen to 50sen per litre while a 5% excise duty will be imposed on chewing tobacco.

The 40sen excise duty was first introduced on sugary drinks in July 2019, targeting two categories of ready-to-drink packaged sweetened drinks which included carbonated drinks with added sugar or flavouring and other sweetening matter with sugar exceeding 5g per 100ml.